THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



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twelve inches in diameter ; and some kinds, such as mignionette, 

 may be sown in larger patches, while sweet peas may be sown 

 in lines to hide disagreeable objects, for which they are admir- 

 ably calculated; and by being neatly staked up, will have a 

 showy and gay appearance. 



In order to fill up vacancies, as well as to plant in such places 

 that may at present be filled with bulbs or other spring flowers, 

 a considerable sowing of hardy annuals should be made in the 

 reserve garden (a very necessary appendage to every flower 

 garden), firom Mhich a supply can be taken when wanted to 

 plant in the borders ; and as many of these plants are improved 

 by being transplanted, such as lupins, sun-flowers, and other 

 strong growing kinds, they will be rather improved by this 

 mode of culture than otherwise. A sowing of many of these 

 sorts should be made towards the end of this month, and another 

 in April, for the purpose of rearing plants to come in, in suc- 

 cession, and to last till destroyed by the autumnal frosts. 



TRANSPLANTING ANNUALS SOWN IN AUTUMN. 



Many annuals sown in autumn are found, with a little protec- 

 tion to withstand the winter, and when that is the case they 

 come into flower much earlier in spring, than such as are sown 

 even upon a hot bed, and they also flower much finer. Of these, 

 that beautiful plant Coreopsis tinctoria is a striking example, 

 although only introduced a very few years fi-om its native wilds 

 in the Arkansa territory, in North America ; it is now become 

 very common in our gardens. 



Plants self-sown in autumn, and either potted off into small 

 jx)ts and protected in a dry airy frame during the winter, or 

 pricked out into shallow boxes under the same protection, will 

 be in good order at this time for finally planting out in the 

 flower borders, where they will attain the height of four or five 

 feet, and be covered with flowers from the ground upwards. 

 Mignionette, by the same mode of culture, will also be found to 

 succeed well, and will come into flower long before that which 

 was sown in spring. 



